Foot and hand rest for toilet-seats.



W. B. SIMONSON.

FOOT AND HAND REST FOR TOILET SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.18. 1912.

1,067,767. Patented July 15, 1913.

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FOOT AND HAND BEST FOR TOILET-SEATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 18, 1912.

Patented July 15, 1913. Serial No. 737,429.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. SIMON- SON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Foot and Hand Rest for Toilet-Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention embodies a foot and hand rest for toilet seats, and theobject thereof is to provide a suitable support whereon the user may place his hands and feet while sitting upon a toilet bowl for the purpose of expelling from the bowels the fecal and other matter formed as the residue of the process of digestion.

In its preferred form my invention takes the shape of a rack having cross bars in front for the feet, and pivoted frames at the sides to be grasped by the hands. The pivoting of the frames to the rack enables the rest to be folded up when not in use.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which the same characters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, showing the manner of using the same; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the rest with the parts in the position they occupy when used; and Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing the parts folded together.

Referring particularly to the drawings the numeral 1 indicates an ordinary toilet bowl in front of which'my improved foot and hand rest 2 is placed, the manner in which the invention is used being particularly illustrated in Fig. l.

The rest itself comprises a rack which forms the front of the rest, this rack-consisting of side posts or uprights 3 resting upon feet 4 and terminating at their upper ends in knobs or balls 5. These uprights 3 are connected by a plurality of cross bars 6, and to each of the uprights is hinged a rectangular frame, the tops of which form rails which serve as supports for the users hands. These frames are shown at 7, and they are provided at their outer lower corners with feet 8 which touch the floor and serve along with the hinges to connect these frames to the posts 3 to carry the weight of the frames 7.

The posts 3 are of such dimensions with respect to the thickness of the bars 6 and the thickness of the parts forming the frames 7, that, when the frames 7 are in folded position, the combined thickness of the cross bars 6 and the frames 7 will be about equal to the thickness of the uprights which form the ends of the frame. This facilitates the folding of the frames and causes the rest, when the parts are not to be used, to occupy the smallest possible compass. lVhen the rest is needed the frames are swung outward to the position shown in Fig. 2, and when not needed the frames are folded forward against the rear sides of the bars 6, as shown in Fig. 3.

In practice, the person wishing to use my invention places it in front of the toilet bowl and moves the side frames out till they are substantially perpendicular to the bars 6. He then sits down and puts his feet on the bars 6, grasping the top rails of the frames 7 with his hands. The body thus comes into an easy natural position and the outward passage of the contents of the bowels is attended with the least possible muscular strain and the greatest possible comfort.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In an improvement of the kind described, the combination of a pair of uprights, each having a transverse extension at its lower end to serve as a base, one or more bars ex tending between said uprights and supported thereby to form one or more foot-rests, a frame connected to each of said uprights, each of said frames comprising a hand rail. each of said frames also having a projection extending downward adjacent its rear edge to serve as a supporting leg, and means for hinging each of said frames to the uprights to enable them to be folded against the bars when the device isnot in use.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM BUSH SIMONSON.

Vitnesses:

GUY C. LAMBERT, CLINTON C. ALLEN. 

